Wild Bird Wednesday

 Brave Little Souls ...

It has reached - 18 two nights in a row and has stayed in the minuses for two days.  These little birds have worked very hard to survive doing everything they know how to do to keep warm.  They are my little heroes because I can only stay out a few minutes before I know it is dangerously cold and they just endure.

  Black Capped Chickadee

  House Sparrow

  European Starling

  White Breasted Nut Hatch

 The Crows

   Female Cardinal

Red Belly Woodpecker

Gold Finch

Male Cardinal and, once again, that ominous little critter in the background

Male House Sparrow

Junco

Mourning Dove

Today the temperature is to get above zero, albeit only 5 degrees it will still feel warm.  I pray that all of Natures Creatures are able to survive such an onslaught.  I am putting my feed out at night so it will be there as soon as they get up in the morning ... I hope that helps them.  This morning I have seen the Coopers Hawk and the Red Tail out hunting ... I have ambivalent feelings about them being around my feeders, but they too need to survive.  This is hard!

Stay Warm Folks ... Happy (BRRRRR) WBW!

Photo Art Friday

These Three little boys were born in the closet of our guest room to a feral mother who we had rescued and intended to have spayed ... too late :)

To say that they were photogenic would be an understatement ... and they were hams as well.  They would be the perfect subject for my first photo book ...

Soon after this picture was taken Latte (Mom) and Teddy Bear (smallest little boy) went to a new home ... and then there were two :)

Fonzi (named because he was the alpha)

Chachi (named because he is sweet and he is Fonzi's best bud ...)

So that is the story of my favorites ... not to mention that there are many more favorites that will probably never be seen ...

As to my "best" ... hopefully I haven't seen that yet, but these two are probably the among the best that I have done in photo art so far.

The hardest part of this prompt was in the choosing, the best part was that it forced me to go through and organize pictures in a way that makes them available for future use ... Thanks Bonnie, great idea.  Wishing you and all of the PAF followers a wonderful Holiday Season ...